45a. Where truth is, fiction of law does not exist. Black’s 494; Bouv. 127.45d. In the fiction of law there is always equity; a legal fiction is always consistent with equity. 11 Coke, 51a; Broom, Max. 127, 130.45f. Fictions arise from the law, and not law from fictions. Bouv. 136.45g. Fiction of law is wrongful if it works loss or injury to any one. 2 Coke, 35; Broom, Max. 3d Lond. ed. 122.45h. Fiction is a poor ground for changing substantial rights. C.L.M.